Operating Room Foot Traffic: A Risk Factor for Surgical Site Infections.

Georgina Alizo; Ayolola Onayemi; Jason D Sciarretta; John Mihran Davis

doi:10.1089/SUR.2018.248

Operating Room Foot Traffic: A Risk Factor for Surgical Site Infections.

Georgina Alizo
, Ayolola Onayemi
, Jason D Sciarretta
, John Mihran Davis

Grand Strand Medical Center

1 Grand Strand Medical Center, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Hackensack University Medical Center

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Original language	American English
Journal	Surgical Infections
Volume	20
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1089/SUR.2018.248
State	Published - Feb 21 2019

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Medicine and Health Sciences
Emergency Medicine

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